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Enchantment
Vintage
& Antique Jewelry Education
There is so much to learn about antique and vintage costume jewelry. Here you
will find links to such sites, all with information which both dealers and
collectors have found valuable throughout the years.
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Vintage & Antique Costume Jewelry General Education |
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Jewellery in Costume and Fashion History |
Illusion
Jewels |
Jarrett's
Jade Giant Compendium of Designer Info ~for Jewelry ~Fashion~Perfumes~Textiles~ |
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Jewelry
Ring Mall Blog Packed with links to info on antique & vintage costume jewelry arranged by topics. |
Jewelry
Whatz It? This site is thoroughly loaded with hard-to-find info on Vintage Jewelry ~ Illustrated by Photos-- findings, enamels, patents & more |
J'antiques
& Collectibles HISTORY OF JEWELRY Illustrated guide to jewelry eras from Georgian through Retro. Loaded with info and links to the best books. |
| Enchanted Learning Illustrated Jewelry Glossary | Center
for Jewelry Studies From Christie Romero, who gave us Warman's, the Antique & Vintage Jewelry Collector's Bible. |
Collecting
Costume Jewelry Advice for collectors. Many articles, practical tips |
| Smithsonian Jewelry Search | Sentimental
Jewelry A wonderful blog full of facts and large, excellent pictures of sentimental jewelry from Georgian through Victorian eras. |
Collecting
Miriam Haskell Jewelry E-mail Group Learn about Miriam Haskell Jewelry. Learn how to tell if an unsigned piece is Haskell. Get your Haskell jewelry or suspected Haskell jewelry verified by experts FREE. |
| Cameos
Collector's E-mail Group Members post information and inquiries relating directly to the subject of evaluating, researching, appraising, buying, collecting and selling CAMEOS. |
Julia
Carroll's Costume Jewelry 101 Information Site Great site full of valuable information on stones, tips on collecting and dating quality costume jewelry. Ads, patents, and many photos of collectible jewelry. |
1960s
Jewelry. 1960's Jewelry 1960's Jewellery Read about the swinging '60s jewelry scene, including Hip, Mod, Boho and more! |
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Vintage Jewelry Materials |
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Mystery Marks Pages of Questions, Answer, & images of marks. If your mark isn't there, ask them! |
Is it Silver? SilverForum Article Series Sheryl Gross Shatz, Certified Gemologist |
Online Encyclopedia of Silver
Marks Hallmarks & Maker's Marks |
| What
is Attracted to Magnets? In depth; covers both metals & some minerals. |
History
of Chrome Plating From the Ask a Scientist Chemistry Archive, of all places! Includes a couple of links. |
Eureka
I Found It Metal Identification Page Zinc Iron Pot Metal Bronze Brass |
| Ganoksin
Cloisonné Primer History of cloisonné technique Other pages detail enameling techniques used in antique & vintage jewels. |
Genuine
Amber Information How to tell if you've got amber rather than plastic + more Amber education |
Identify Beads in Costume Jewelry Clear images of assorted art glass, crystals, pressed & molded glass beads. |
| What
is Saphiret Glass? Complete with large photos, courtesy of Patrica Dixon. |
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Gemstone Collection Help with Gemstone ID. Shows semi precious stones in the raw. Images are bright can be enlarged . |
Gemstones
Listed by Color Explore the site and find many galleries filled with good images of precious & semi-precious gems. Also, check out Mineral Gallery |
Mother
of Pearl What it is, where it's from & more. Illustrated article by R.V. Dietrich |
| Minerology
Database The largest mineral database and mineralogical reference website on the internet. This site contains worldwide data on minerals. Could help ID that pesky stone! |
Janet
Gaynor's About Ivory Page Learn the difference between animal, vegetable ivories, and bone. Info on how to clean vintage and antique ivory. |
Jewelry
Symbolism Historical symbolism in jewelry; will help you choose a gift or ID your jewels! |
| Barbara
Sigel's Free Online Gemology Course. Examines precious and semi precious stones, shows good pictures and explains gemstone terms. |
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Vintage Designer Jewelry Advertisements |
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| Vintage
Jewelry Ads Image event by Eclectic Vintage - Costume Jewelry & Collectibles |
Anne's
Gems Avon Jewelry Ads Enjoy this one-of-a-kind educational resource of Avon jewels from 1965 to 1979. Also lists links to Avon designer galleries! |
Morning
Glory Trifari Ads Four pages of ads ranging from 1940s to 1970s/ |
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Jewelry Patent Information |
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| Coro
Design Patents
Many photos, original designs, and origins of Coro Jewelry |
Huge
Jewelry Patent Site A labor of love courtesy of Katz Jewelers. All the patents you could ever want by designer or assignor. It will take you weeks to peruse this. |
U.S. Patent Office Full Text & Image Database Got those pesky numbers on the backs of your jewels? Just type them into the database and find out patent dates, who filed them, and more! |
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Vintage Jewelry Fakes Education |
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Costume Jewelry Fakes Alert A news page for the latest online fake antique & designer jewelry |
Gail's
Bakelite Guide How to spot "Fakelite," and an in-depth guide to buying real vintage bakelite. |
Bobye's
Reproductions
of Vintage Costume Jewelry Quality reproductions of high-end jewels of Eisenburg, Coro, Boucher & more. |
| How
to Spot Fake Weiss There's more fake Weiss than genuine out there. Easy to learn image format. |
CUR.IO Fake Weiss! ...and other vintage stuff. Carrie Pollack's Blog |
Index
of Fakes So mysterious--just raw image links on the Radixnet Internet Service site that you can't find from the home page. Just click on the image links. |
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Hatpins Fake "antique" hatpins are a lucrative business run rampant on eBay. If you collect hatpins, read this! |
Is
it Real or Is it Fake? Rhinestone Rainbow offers how to spot certain designer fakes. Eisenberg, Trifari, Coro, Staret, Boucher, Trifari Jelly Belly pins. |
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Vintage Jewelry Individual Designer Galleries |
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Many Faces of Selro Selro & Selini Asian Face Jewelry. |
Gallery
of Modernist Jewelry Diverse modernist jewel collection set up by Eureka I Found It. |
Kattslair
Vintage HAR Jewelry |
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Vintage ART(c) Jewelry Gallery One-page gallery of gorgeous jewels signed ART. Shows the great diversity of ART jewelry. |
Gallery of Matisse Copper & Enamel Jewelry | Vintage Costume
Jewelry Owl Pendants Info & images of several hundred owl pendants sorted by rarity, signature, variations and more. Great site! |
| Mexican Taxco School Designers | ||
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Nemo Gallery An extensive collection of Little Nemo jewelry. Shows fronts, backs. Signed LN, L/N, LN25, LN/25 LN50 |
Unsigned
Miriam Haskell Gallery Cathy Gordon's fabulous photos of unsigned Haskell. Unsigned Haskell Clips & Pins Miriam Haskell Findings |
More great Galleries by Cathy Gordon, co-author of Miriam Haskell Jewelry Haskell Clips & Pinbacks Haskell Necklace Clasps |
| Sherman
Jewelry Common styles, colors, & characteristics Sheryl Hamilton wonderful Sherman galler, carried on by Kathy Patterson. Nice pictures of jewelry as well as findings and identification info. |
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Miscellaneous Vintage Jewelry Education |
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Yahoo Group Jewelry Book Reviews. Read before you buy that book~ |
1924
Article on How to Wear Jewelry Not only entertaining, but also jewelry wearing principles that are relevant today. |
Milky
Way Jewels Resources Links to vintage jewelry information not found elsewhere~Chanel, Walter Lampl, Nielloware, damascene, gemstones, enameling & more |
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